Thelosia Explained

Thelosia is a genus of moths of the family Apatelodidae. It was first described in 1896 by William Schaus, containing at the time three species: Thelosia phalaena, T. camina and T. truvena. Since then, several additional species have been described.

Species

Per Kitching et al. 2018, the genus contains the following species:

• Thelosia camina Schaus, 1896
• Thelosia herta Schaus, 1939
• Thelosia impedita Dyar, 1928
• Thelosia jorgenseni Schaus, 1927
• Thelosia mayaca Schaus, 1939
• Thelosia meldola Schaus, 1900
• Thelosia minois (Schaus, 1892) – originally described as Tarchon minois
• Thelosia phalaena Schaus, 1896
• Thelosia postflavida Draudt, 1929
• Thelosia resputa Draudt, 1929
• Thelosia truncata (Schaus, 1894) – originally described as Trabala (?) truncata
• Thelosia truvena Schaus, 1896